The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-17
CHAPTER, XVII.

The time soon arrived when Sir Arthur
and Lady Nora were to leave New York and
the United States.
For some unexplained reason the young
man decided to take his wife to Germany
before presenting her to his parents.
Nora sailed away from the home she had
always known with a light heart for-was
not her husband with er-and was she not
going to the arms of a dear mother-the
sweet and gentle lady for whom she had
always longed!
The voyage was favorable, and not many
days elapsed ere Nora found herself domi-
ciled in one of the odd chateaux she had so
often read about.
The German forests and mountains-for
although Nora had been accustomed to
mountains all her life, yet there were so
unlike those she had seen in her Adiron-
dack home that the young bride was in con-
slant wonderment and delight-these were
a great source of pleasure, fraught as they
were with legend and romance.
The German matronS as were the Amerl-
can. were charmed with the sweet, limo
cent beauty of the young lady.
In all her travels, and now particularly,
did Nora apply herself to her own improve
ment.
II am Arthurs wife now" said she one
day to herself: land must | not try to appear
before his high-born relatives!" And the
sweet face lighted with pleasure at the
thought of improving herself for Arthurs
sake.
Most urgent letters were received from
his home urging Sir Arthu6 return; and
his fathers missives showed 50 much impa-
tience that he feared he could not remain
away long enough to carry out his plans in
regard to his young wife.
He had wished to show her more of
strange countries before he returned, but he
now only pleaded for month more in which
TO finish painting of a view of the Thur
ingian mountains which he wished to place
in the coming exhibition.
Often Sir Arthur seated himself to con-
fess to the Earl his marriage and ask for
piveness for his violation of til1al duty for
taking such a step without his consent-and
then he thought hewould write to his much
loved mother, knowing that her loving heart
would understand and plead for him.
But words would not come to express him
self. and he at last decided to wait and pre-
sent his bride without explanation, leaving
II for her sweet beauty to plead for him.
''Stony, indeed, " thought he, would be
the heart that could steel itself against such
an appeal"
Letters came often, Jimmy writing in
his scrawling chirography; they were short,
bnt brief as they were, they told that the
old man missed his darling sorely-but he
reioiced in the happiness of his child.
SsYour mother" wrote he, in late letter,
ohas been poorly ever since you left, but she
saws must not tell you for fear l should
worry the child. She seems to be worryin'
about something all the time-if L ask her
if it's about you she's greavln sne says
no, Yer Aunt Nell has not been heard
fron, eince she was let out of jail, and it
seems to provoke yer mother to hear hername
mentioned, ana uoh1 "ohuei "iOoi On0
wav she acted"
IL caused Nora much uneaslnesS to learn
Of her mothers indisposition and she not there
to comfort her-such was the Kindness and
oentleness of the young wifes character,
fhat notwithstanding Mays continual I'M
righteousness and Indifference, yet Nora re-
1membered that she was her mother, and her
heart yearned to comfort her.
She would like to have returned nome Tor
for awhile. but Sir Arthur was not willing
To have her leave him to cross the Atlantic
alone and he could not go with her-so WIN
a sigh of patient resignation ana sweep
smile she gave up ner iuea anu ioA' H0i VI ''''
with the Supreme. ,,. .,s.
inq kind of Christians who had full faith II IN
the power above without repinlng at Gods
gracious will ,o,,
che liz of competitors, and Sir Arthur
sta,+ed bomeward with his sweet wife:
AZ he drew nearer his ancestral halls nus
heart miseave him, and he trembled for the
reception he would receive.
But as the young man looked at ms peau-
tifnl wife he could not see how any one
could resist her loveliness.